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Responsive Leadership: Needed Now More Than Ever

Leading Blog

T HE leadership question is top of mind for many people here in the United States and throughout the world. The idea that leaders are trustworthy, honest, and can be relied on to operate in the best interest of the public, the employee, the student, the parishioner, or even the shareholder has been shattered.

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The Inherent Synergies Between Servant Leadership and Situational Leadership®

The Center For Leadership Studies

Organizations as entities needed to be structured and to operate in a manner that reversed the flow of communication and responsiveness (communication up, responsiveness down). The implications for leaders were significant. The implications for leaders (and followers) were significant.

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Servant Leadership Revisited

Great Leadership By Dan

Guest post from William Dann: The concept of servant leadership was introduced by Ancient Chinese philosophers such as Lao-Tzu, then found in the Christian teachings of Mark. It was popularized in modern management writings by Robert Greenleaf in a 1970 essay. It is my experience that employees gravitate to strong leaders.

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Humility and Leadership | N2Growth Blog

N2Growth Blog

Humility also happens to be the surest sign of authenticity in someone who claims to be a servant leader. Is it possible to be a leader without being humble? While hubris can be a needed trait to call upon at times, to rely solely upon it as the foundation of your leadership style just doesn’t work. It was C.S.

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Reality Checks Leaders Must Give Themselves in 2016 (Part Two)

Lead Change Blog

They will then operate on those realities, often in support of elevating their own and other people’s behaviors and actions. Here are the last two of five reality checks that will help you gauge your leadership aptitude and assess whether changes need to be made going into 2016. What makes me think, act and feel the way I do?

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The Asking Dilemma

Persuasive Powerhouse

Home Who We Are What We Do Services Contact My Favorite Blogs All Things Workplace Bob Sutton – Work Matters Brain Leaders and Learners Bret L. Most leaders that I work with could insert more inquiry into their leadership style. I work almost exclusively with mid- to upper- management in organizations.

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Jim Hunter – Servant Leadership Interview Series

Modern Servant Leader

This caffeine giant that former president Howard Behar wrote a book entitled: “It’s Not About the Coffee”, drives success through servant leadership. Also consider how a company in an industry notoriously difficult to make money in, has managed to be wildly successful, where others have failed. And I think that’s true.